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> [“Fold your arms round me close and strain me so that our hearts may break and our souls go free at last. Take me to that happy place of which you told me long ago. The fields whence none return,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/fold-your-arms-round-me-close-and-strain-me-so-that-our-hearts-may/)

[Joseph Bedier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

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## More by Joseph Bédier

> [“Apart the lovers could neither live nor die, for it was life and death together..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/apart-the-lovers-could-neither-live-nor-die-for-it-was-life-and-death/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“they greet those who are cast down, and those in heart, those troubled adn those filled with desire, those who are overjoyed and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/they-greet-those-who-are-cast-down-and-those-in-heart-those-troubled/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“Only one of us will need a boat when this combat is ended”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/only-one-of-us-will-need-a-boat-when-this-combat-is-ended/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“...for most men are unaware that what is in the power of magicians to accomplish, that the heart can also accomplish by dint of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/for-most-men-are-unaware-that-what-is-in-the-power-of-magicians-to/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“A free man has two things thoroughly his own, his body and his land.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/a-free-man-has-two-things-thoroughly-his-own-his-body-and-his-land/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“Little son, I have longed a while to see you, and now I see you the fairest thing ever a woman bore. In sadness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/little-son-i-have-longed-a-while-to-see-you-and-now-i-see-you-the/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“Fold your arms round me close and strain me so that our hearts may break and our souls go free at last. Take me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/fold-your-arms-round-me-close-and-strain-me-so-that-our-hearts-may/)

[Joseph Bedier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“But it seemed to Tristan as though an ardent briar, sharp-thorned but with flower most sweet smelling drave roots into his blood and laced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/but-it-seemed-to-tristan-as-though-an-ardent-briar-sharp-thorned-but/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“None could see her without pity, unless he had a felon's heart; she was so tightly bound. The tears ran down her face and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/none-could-see-her-without-pity-unless-he-had-a-felon-s-heart-she-was/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

> [“They still had hope, for hope in the heart of men lives on lean pasture.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-dier/they-still-had-hope-for-hope-in-the-heart-of-men-lives-on-lean-pasture/)

[Joseph Bédier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-dier/)

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